Los Alamos Police Sgt. Chris Ross commands the bomb robot from within the LAPD Special Operations Mobile Unit during training today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Shari Mills 

The remotely controlled robot rolls forward to examine the danger at hand, which in this case is a body ‘dummy’ strapped in a suspicious backpack during training today at Overlook Park. Photo by Shari Mills 

The robot with a specially designed knife lifts up and cuts the strap of the backpack from the dummy during training today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Shari Mills 

Cmdr. Preston Ballew stands by ‘under training circumstances’ to guide the robot with the aid of his special assistant today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Shari Mills 

LAPD Special Operations Mobile Unit and robot used during training today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Shari Mills